Born in 1967 in Lebanon, Alexandre Najjar is considered to be one of
the best Lebanese novelists of his generation.

He is the author of a number of narratives:La Honte du survivant, Naaman, 1989.Comme un aigle en dérive, Publisud,
1993.L'école de la guerre, Balland, 1999 - Available in English, "The School of War", Telegram Books, 2006. Le Roman de Beyrouth, Plon, 2005.

of poems,

of a distinguished biography of Kahlil Gibran, the author of The
Prophet (Pygmalion, 2002),